The P5+1 deal with Iran in Geneva may lead to rather interesting configuration of forces in the regions, Vardan Oskanyan, specialist in Iran, told ArmInfo.
"First and the foremost, the agreement will have a positive impact on the relations of Armenia and Iran. Iran is one of the most important political and economic partners of Armenia. Reducing sanctions on Iran will boost bilateral economic cooperation of Tehran and Yerevan," Voskanyan said.
As for the political component of the process, the expert said, Iran takes the first and successful step out of international isolation for the first time over the last decade.
"Thanks to its flexible diplomacy, Tehran is gradually coming out of isolation. Furthermore, Israel and Turkey are at a loose end after the agreement in Geneva," the expert said.
Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called the deal with Iran 'a historic mistake.' He thinks the document will not hold Iran from making nuclear weapons. The Israeli prime minister is sure that reducing sanctions on Iran will make that country less cooperative.
Voskanyan said Israel and Saudi Arabia are the only actors in the region to vigorously oppose the agreement with Iran. Israel, he said, may even boost its
relations with Azerbaijan, the only country in the South Caucasus to have tense relations with Iran.
"Naturally, the deal was not in favor of Turkey, as its role of a mediator in the West's relations with Iran has been negated," Voskanyan said.
The expert called it paradoxical that Iran does not suspend its nuclear program and achieved legal confirmation of its right to develop peaceful nuclear program.
Following the 24 November nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the US plus Germany --the US has released $8 billion of Iran's frozen assets. Iran has pledged to stop enriching uranium above 5%, to not add more centrifuges and to neutralize its reserves of uranium enriched to 20%, as well as halt work at its plutonium reactor.